KEEP HIM IN THE HOME BURKS NOT KICK HIM ANYMORE. NEW AT 5:00 O'CLOCK, A FATHER ACCUSED OF USING COWBOY METHODS TO DISCIPLINE HIS SON. "LOCAL 2"'S BILL SPENCER REPORTS FROM ATASCOCITA ON WHY HE TIED UP HIS SON. Reporter: PARENTS IN THIS NORTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD SAY THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH ABUSE FROM A FATHER TOWARD HIS SIX-YEAR-OLD SON. BUT TONIGHT JONATHAN PAUL COX STANDS ACCUSED OF TYING UP HIS OWN LITTLE BOY, THE SAME WAY A COWBOY WOULD TIE UP A CALF AT THE RODEO. THIS IS THE FACE OF THE MAN CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF INJURY TO A CHILD AFTER POLICE INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HOG TIED HIS OWN SON AS PUNISHMENT FOR MAKING A MESS IN THE BATHROOM. ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERS, JOHN PAUL COX IS ACCUSED OF HOG TYING HIS SIX-YEAR-OLD SON WITH A LENGTH OF ROPE, TYING HIS WRISTS AND ANKLES TOGETHER. AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, THE BOY TOLD INVESTIGATORS HIS FATHER WHIPPED HIM WITH A LEATHER BELT. I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY ATROCIOUS AND AS A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, I WOULD GIVE HIM WHATEVER HE DESERVES. AND SEND HIM TO PRISON. DON'T LET HIM OUT 'CAUSE HE'S GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. Reporter: TONIGHT OUTRAGED NEIGHBORS ARE SOUNDING OFF ABOUT THIS KIND OF ABUSE. HE'S NOT A GOOD FATHER. HE'S NOT -- EVEN ANIMALS TREAT THEIR KIDS BETTER THAN THAT. Reporter: IN TALK BEING THE KIND OF PUNISHMENT THE FATHER IN THIS WHOLE THING SHOULD FACE. THEY NEED TO DO IT TO HIM. I'D BE GLAD TO DO IT. Reporter: TONIGHT JONATHAN PAUL COX IS BEING HELD ON $10,000 BAIL. HE WILL BE IN COURT TOMORROW.

ATASCOCITA, Texas -

A Houston-area dad is accused of tying up his 6-year-old son as punishment.

Residents of a northeast Harris County neighborhood say they've never heard of abuse like this from a father to his son.

Jonathan Paul Cox is in jail on a $10,000 bond charged with one count of injury to a child after tying his son up the same way you'd tie up a calf at the rodeo.

Police say Cox was punishing his son for making a mess in the bathroom.

According to court documents, Cox hogtied his son's wrists and ankles together.

The boy told investigators his father then whipped him with a leather belt.

Outraged neighbors are talking about the kind of punishment the father should face.

Cox will be in court Wednesday.

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